Guy Clark
Guy Clark
Guy Charles Clarkwas an American Texas country and folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He released more than twenty albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell. He won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album: My Favorite Picture of You...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth6 November 1941
CityMonahans, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle.
Its just something Ive always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart.
Interesting little game we play with each other.
All gut strings. Thats just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, its the purest form of guitar making, and I just enjoy doing it.
Mary Gauthier's great. Yeah, we've played a lot of gigs together. She's really wonderful.
I have no reason to sit home and write songs all day without going out and playing for the folks. And I have no reason to go play for the folks unless I'm writing new songs so they can sort of feed off one another. And I just try to do the best I can.
Things change all the time, and theyll probably never be the same again. Its just the natural evolution of the human condition. Things change, and whatever it is is what it is. I mean, you try to start second guessing that, you either get rich or die broke.
I just was apologizing for maybe being a little goofy.
I hear this song and I think, Man, this is ... great. This is the best I ever heard this. I forget I'm the one singing.
I've gone a year and not written a song just because I couldn't think of anything. But I always come back to it because there's always that little buzz you get when you do something well and sing it out loud to the public. And people clap and tell you how great you are.
This is a fantasy fiddle tune. The part you fantasize is the fiddle.
Ain't no chance if you dont take it.
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands, it'll be a fair curve from a noble plan.
I get pretty much all the exercise I need walking down airport concourses carrying bags.